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Know Your Ship

F.S.S. ACARINAKnow Your Ship

FSS Acarina is named after a parasite – a Tick. So don’t expect too much from it. It’s been outfitted by an experimental Stardrive (which messes with Quantum Technology) so expect some crazy things to happen while you’re in this baby. It has been completely made out of scavenged material, from the ‘Graveyard of Starships’ in the Medea Sector. It has been outfitted with an engine that is 10 years outdated, and saturated with around 8 years of the Federation’s constant use and abuse. Its base model is that of an Odran Kimura, infamous for being the worst ship model in the Galaxy. It is commonly only used as a merchant’s vessel, and even among merchants, a Kimura was known to be one of those ships who was manufactured with backwards technology.

It is also one of the last (if not the very last) starships that doesn’t use Artificial Intelligence for navigation. That means, yes – you are leaving your fate to the pilot’s skill and reflexes. No advanced warnings, no automated responses, and no computerized timing… just plain old navigation the old way.

So, pray that you’re lucky – because this dung heap is all you have to save yourself from a mission that’s killed Federation Officers with the very best starships on their side. Great, huh?